Jousting.

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This was done as a real tournament - points for hitting the opponent's shield, head etc.

There were about eight or ten competitors with at least three women among the field.

This is one of them, I think her name is Heleen:



All of them were wearing a Brechschild.

In this picture you can clearly see how long (and heavy) the lances are:



This is Christine, another of the female competitors.

Getting ready:



Racing towards your opponent:






Contact:



There were also times when they had to wait:



My absolute favourite:



She'd injured her arm in one of her bouts, but when she heard that she'd scored more points than her opponent, she did a fist pump, let out a victory holler and all was forgotten.



In the end, she came second.